A blood cancer drug may help improve the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests. Acalabrutinib, sold under the brandname Calquence by AstraZeneca, is a medication with anti-inflammatory properties that scientists believe can control the immune system’s overreaction to the virus. The majority of patients given the drugs came off supplemental … Read more
Fitbit follows Dyson and NASA in developing a ‘low cost’ emergency ventilator to treat coronavirus patients during the pandemic FitBit’s ‘Flow’ ventilator has been designed to be intuitive and easy-to-use The firm hopes it will reduce demand on the specialists who oversee ventilators Emergency ventilators will be used when traditional models are unavailable The FitBit … Read more
Female covid-19 victim, 35, is conscious and speaking after surviving a record 58 days on a ventilator in intensive care The female patient is at Southampton General Hospital and is still supported by a ventilator Dr Sanjay Gupta said she faces a long recovery as she ‘has virtually no muscle strength left’ Some of those … Read more
From motorsport to building life-saving machines fast in the Ventilator Challenge: Craig Wilson, of Williams AE, on the Meaning Business podcast By This Is Money Published: 13:22 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 08:49 BST, 30 April 2020 Meaning Business is a new podcast series, where Simon Lambert speaks to people from the world of … Read more
Children who contract coronavirus may be at greater risk of suffering from severe complications or death than previously believed, a new small study reveals. Researchers found nearly three-quarters of all children hospitalized in the US struggled to breathe and almost 40 percent need to be ventilated. More than one in five experienced multi-system organ failure. … Read more
NASA engineers design a mass-producible ventilator tailored to coronavirus patients in just 37 days that uses one-seventh of the parts required for a conventional ventilator Ventilator machines are currently in short supply in hospitals across the globe The ‘VITAL’ is intended to replace conventional ventilators in less severe cases On Tuesday the device passed a critical … Read more
NICK Cordero’s wife and celebrity fitness trainer, Amanda Kloots, revealed that her husband was taken off the ventilator that was helping him breathe. The Broadway actor has been fighting the coronavirus for over a month now. 5 Amanda Kloots revealed that Nick Cordero was off the ventilatorCredit: Instagram Amanda took to social media on Friday … Read more
Nick Cordero has been taken off the ventilator (Picture: Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File) Broadway star Nick Cordero has been taken off a ventilator as his condition improves after suffering from coronavirus. The star had been in the hospital for a month after struggling with complications from the virus, but his wife Amanda Kloots revealed he successfully … Read more
Nick Cordero has been in the hospital for a month, fighting for his life as he struggles with the coronavirus. On Friday, the same day he marked one month in the hospital, his wife also revealed he successfully had a tracheostomy, that will go on to help ween him from mechanical ventilation. Amanda Kloots was … Read more
Online training course launches to teach medics how to operate vital life saving ventilators in just 30 minutes so they can join the coronavirus frontline The tool includes a series of videos and interactive guides for using a ventilator It will allow retired doctors and nurses to regain lost skills to work with patients Doctors … Read more